Originally Posted by
Pesky Monkey
My only assumption was that I thought the TSA was attempting to find prohibited items. Apparently "anomalies" is the goal. Well, at least we agree that the TSA has spent a $160,000,000 on machines that do not detect, and are not designed to detect, prohibited items.
[Apply Nomex coveralls. Ready]
Actually, this is pretty standard procedure for a lot of inspection systems.
- Determine if an anomaly exists.
- Determine what the anomaly actually is.
- Activate decision tree based on what is found.
- Apply corrective actions as needed.
It is how machines are inspected using any number of electronic detection techniques. Why? It is well know that the detection systems are only good at creating alarms. Resolution of the alarms is often best done by a human analyst. It requires advanced skills and experience to effectively evaluate the nature and severity of a detected anomaly.
Oh, well. We did pretty good using TSA procedures up to Step 2.